Ms. KANG Kyung-wha, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator (ASG/DERC) in the United Nations Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), visited the Trilateral
Cooperation Secretariat (hereinafter “TCS”) on February 19, 2014, and met with
the board members of the TCS, Secretary-General Amb. IWATANI Shigeo and Deputy
Secretary-Generals Mr. CHEN Feng and Mr. LEE Jong-heon.
Secretary-General Iwatani welcomed Ms. KANG’s visit, and briefed on the
function of the TCS and the current progress of trilateral cooperation on disaster
management by sharing experience of holding the first Table Top Exercise (TTX)
on disaster management in Seoul last year. Amb. Iwatani also showed
appreciation for UNOCHA’s support in the 1st TTX by sending an expert to share experience
in humanitarian assistance in disaster relief, and expect a continuous
engagement of UNOCHA in the future TTX.
Ms. KANG gave an introduction to the function and services of UNOCHA, and
shared successful cases in humanitarian assistance in disaster-stricken areas.
She also introduced humanitarian financing of UNOCHA and its partnership with
public and private sectors.
(From the left) Mr. Cheng Feng, Ms. Kang Kyung-wha,
Amb. Iwatani, Mr. Lee Jong-heon
